Hide the PII Removed Warning Bar

Policy ID
L_HidePiiRemovedWarningBar
Scope
User Configuration
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7
Source
Microsoft 365 Apps / Office Administrative Templates (version 5568.1000)
Category
Microsoft Word 2016 › Word Options › Security

Description

This policy setting controls whether the yellow Warning Bar is displayed when opening a file in Word where personally identifiable information (PII) has been removed.

If you enable this policy setting, the Warning Bar will not appear when users open a file in which PII was removed.

If you disable this policy setting, the Warning Bar will appear when users open a file in which PII was removed. This is the default behavior.

If you do not configure this policy setting, the Warning Bar will appear when users open a file in which PII was removed. This is the default behavior.

Registry

UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER
  • hidepiiremovedwarningbarREG_DWORD

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